Demonstrators both for and against Prop 8 — the proposition that would ban gay marriage — made an appearance at Farmers’ Market Thursday evening, October 9.
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Poly hosts workshop to help disadvantaged communities
Students looking to work and perform community service while traveling abroad will benefit from this weekend’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) West Coast Workshop.
Cal Poly’s chapter of the non-profit humanitarian organization has been selected to host the workshop on campus, which is open to students of all majors as well as professionals already working in the field.
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Student club wait times not likely to speed up
With so many different clubs on campus vying for a meeting space, organizing all the requests can be an ordeal.
The University Union Epicenter, or the Events, Programs, and Ideas Center, handles club activities and requires that clubs submit paperwork, called an E-Plan, two weeks in advance of when they wish to reserve a room.
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Barden to play in East-West Shrine Game
Cal Poly senior wide receiver Ramses Barden has been invited to play in the 84th annual East-West Shrine Game, the school announced Thursday.
The college all-star showcase, which will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 17, 2009 at the University of Houston, is designed to feature NFL Draft prospects and will be nationally televised by ESPN2.
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Crozier goes for 200th win
Only four people in Cal Poly history have done it.
And Alex Crozier will try to become the fifth head coach in school history to win 200 games when he leads the Cal Poly women’s soccer team into Alex G. Spanos Stadium against Cal State Northridge at 1 p.m.
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San Luis Obispo's secret garden
Nestled secretively between San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay is a peaceful garden filled with plants from the five Mediterranean climate regions of the world.
The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, is located in El Chorro Regional Park on Highway 1, and features an ever-growing spread of plants that is planned to eventually expand to a garden of 150 acres.
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Local 'kitchen' serves up bike help
After crashing his bicycle during a tour through Santa Cruz a couple of years ago, Cal Poly environmental engineering junior Brant Haflich found a bike church that helped him fix and learn about his mode of transportation so he could get back on the road.
Haflich was so impressed with his experience, he found himself asking why San Luis Obispo didn’t have a similar organization.
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Maus gives graphic view of history
While mindlessly walking amongst the chaos that is El Corral during the first week of classes, scrambling to find my textbooks like everyone else, I came across a somewhat peculiar sight: an English teacher had assigned a graphic novel as required reading for a class, but not only that, one that I own and love.
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A bad week for America, no 'hope' or 'change' in sight
This past week has been historic for all the right and wrong reasons. A $700 billion economic bailout has been passed but appears to be a band-aid on a gushing carotid artery, the markets set records for how far they could plunge in a day, the vice presidential nominees went toe to toe and Arnold asked the Feds for a loan to cover state expenses.
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Get educated so you can vote smarter
When my history professor told us our first assigned book was titled “Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter,” I was slightly insulted. I mean, come on, I’m college-educated (well, at least partly) and I consider myself fairly well-informed.
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Central Coast reacts to expired offshore drilling bill
It is one of the most argued about points of the current political season. It may provide much needed support for our economy, but in a worst-case scenario it could wipe out an entire ecosystem.
Offshore oil drilling is a hot topic around the nation, but after a 25-year-long federal ban was lifted in September, drilling may be felt closer to home.